#rainforest
[We followed an #OldGrowth #detective into the forest to #FactCheck #BCgovernment's suspicious claims about the age of #trees.
When #conservationist Eddie Petryshen learned #BCTimberSales was #auctioning off #cutblocks in a globally rare inland temperate #rainforest that also provides core #habitat for endangered caribou, he took to the woods in search of #AncientTrees & @thenarwhal tagged along]
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-rainforest-old-growth-detectives
#BritishColumbia #Deforestation #StopEcocide #PNW #AncientForests #BCpoli
1/ Record drought could keep Amazon dry through 2026
"From killing hundreds of endangered river dolphins -
to threatening the livelihoods of millions of people.
This is the impact of the Amazon #rainforest's historic #drought.
Its sapped the #AmazonRiver and four of its biggest tributaries to their lowest level in at least half a century.
And the worst may be yet to come.
Experts are predicting an even more intense drought next year - due to extreme ocean temperatures worsened by global warming." #climate #Brazil
https://news.yahoo.com/record-drought-could-keep-amazon-225516156.html
In #Ecuador's Amazon #rainforest, solar-powered canoes and boats are a boon for the trees
My colleague from #ncfindia on
Restoring Rainforests In The Anamalai Hills
Learnings from more than two decades of ecological restoration and research in the Western Ghats by the Nature Conservation Foundation
https://www.natureinfocus.in/the-restoration-notebook/restoring-rainforests-in-the-anamalai-hills
#EcologicalRestoration #Rainforest #India
Delio de Jesús Suárez Gómez, a member of the #Indigenous #Tucano community in #Colombia, is combining #ancestral #knowledge with #science to help pollinating #bees survive the harsh conditions of life in the #rainforest.
In return, the bees provide #honey for families, which is sold, and boosts the communities’ #food and fruit supply through #pollination.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/the-man-who-made-a-pact-with-wild-bees-from-colombias-amazon
#Amazon #WildBees #beekeeping #environment #SouthAmerica #NativeKnowledge #conservation #nature #coexistence
Payhip offers the best rates for authors as far as I can tell. This is my site!
Somerset history and legends
Inca history and legends
Amazon rainforest history and legends
Go check it out! :)
http://www.payhip.com/helenpugh
#qotd Are you looking forward to anything in December?
#somerset #books #ebooks #history #amazon #rainforest #inca #historyforkids
“The people of Panama have decided ‘We don’t want to be a mining country,’” said Lilian Guevara by telephone, her voice almost drowned out by the sound of cheering. “Instead of sacrificing the most precious and valuable thing we have for a few million in royalties, let’s instead develop a model of sustainable development.”
#extractivism #mining #sustainability #Green #Panama #environment #cooper #rainforest #firstquantum #activism #VictoriaPopular
Gerichtsurteil gefährdet den #Wald der indigenen #Awyu in Papua!
Für eine riesige #Palmöl-Plantage sollen 36.000 ha abgeholzt werden. Der Prozess ist entscheidend für die Zukunft des Regenwaldes in #Papua.
Mehr Infos + support:
#rainforest #nature #forest #umweltschutz #umwelt #rettetdenregenwald
https://www.regenwald.org/news/11846/gerichtsurteil-gefaehrdet-den-wald-der-awyu-in-papua
We've been at our place for almost two years now, and every day it makes me happy that we have our own little sliver of rainforest running along the creek.
I'm not very good at photographing it, but I like how this one turned out.
#Tasmania #Rainforest #Nature #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #Ferns #FiftyShadesOfGreen
View from my window in the Bunya Mountains right now. The flame trees are gorgeous at the moment. And look at those young Bunyas at the bottom of the photo! They're on our land, and are showing lots of new foliages after the recent rain
Una línea férrea en el Darién, sería el inicio de la destrucción de la selva más lluviosa del mundo
#rainforest #Choco #darien #migracion #colombia #panama #comercio #latinoamerica
The #Amazon’s record-setting #drought: how bad will it be?
Scientists tell Nature why the #rainforest has dried out, and what to expect in the coming months.
Burning fossil fuels " left the wet tropics “at a real risk of losing the very things it was made a world heritage area to protect”.
"Queensland’s wet tropics see 25% rise in threatened species in three years as climate change bites. The number of listed threatened species in Australia’s world heritage northern rainforests has increased by 25% since 2020, as ecologists say they are now clearly observing the long-predicted impacts of global heating."
Wet Tropics of Queensland
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486/
“We also found the (native) bees (Tetragonula hockingsi) had diminished tolerance of heat stress after non-lethal exposure to the insecticides. Even bees exposed to miniscule amounts of insecticide, certainly not enough to kill them, were more susceptible to the effects of heat.The combination of heat stress and insecticide exposure may put this stingless bee at increased risk of decline."
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/northern-bees-at-risk-from-insecticide
#FossilFules #insecticides #heatwaves #droughts #bushfires #rainforest #WetTropics #biodiversity #ClimateExtremes #WorldHeritage
Sad to report that one of our #rainforest trees has succumbed to gravity.
I haven’t been down to the creek recently, this looks like it happened a week ago.
One large bough (in the foreground) had been snapped off during a recent storm. Looks like that weakened the base which snapped.
Mitten im #Regenwald von #Panama droht eine Kupfermine die #Umwelt zu zerstören.
Zehntausende protestieren dagegen und wollen die #Natur erhalten!
Mach mit - #Petition unterzeichnen - Teilen
Die Regenwälder im Gebiet der Kupfermine sind Lebensraum des Rotaugenlaubfroschs (Agalychnis callidryas) (© Eduardo Estrada)
#bergbau #rainforest #artenvielfalterhalten #nature #RettetdenRegenwald #umwelt #umweltschutz #noplanetb #mining #makeadifference
https://www.regenwald.org/petitionen/1278/panama-aufstand-gegen-bergbau-im-regenwald
#Brazil's President Lula da Silva has announced plans to protect the #Amazon #rainforest & to end deforestation, and forest clearance, by 2030. He deserves all the support he can get in this brave & insightful quest. #planttrees #stopdeforestation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65836536
Josephine Moulds: ‘They’ll have to kill me first’: locals in DR #Congo oppose plans to drill for oil: Small communities who were not consulted about exploration schemes in protected areas are standing their ground
#drcongo #fossilfuels #ClimateChange #rainforest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/18/theyll-have-to-kill-me-first-locals-in-dr-congo-oppose-plans-to-drill-for-oil
Port Bawn, Inchcailloch an island in Loch Lomond.
Landing on the #beach in bright sunshine, but the cloud appeared within minutes and it was a dark walk across the forested island before a run in with the seaplane on the crossing to Balmaha
#rainforest
The Oldest Surviving #Rainforest In The World Is Right Here In #Australia
'Jungle Clearing With Tombstones' (2023) -- At Some Point the Dense, Dark Jungle Gives Way to a Small Clearing Lit by Open Sky, Prasat Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia
#cambodia #siemreap #angkorwat #jungle #rainforest #photography #fotografie #fotographie #fotografia
#bw #bwphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome #jayceecrawford #mastoart #fediart #ayearforart #bipocartists #blackmastodon
#mosstodon - Tree wrapped in moss in the #rainforest on #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia
Nurse Log
A stitched composite of 24 images, hooked up and pushed around a bit in #captureonepro23.
#photo #photography #tofino #BC #rainforest #trees #moss #lichen #PacificRimNationalParkReserve #vancouverisland
Procter & Gamble makes BILLIONS of dollars partnering with one of the most destructive companies in the world: Royal Golden Eagle, responsible for community land theft and massive deforestation.
Tell P&G to stop wiping out our climate-critical rainforests! #environment #rainforest #rainforests #deforestation https://act.ran.org/page/48240/action/1
'Descent Into Misty Mountains' (2023) -- Arriving Into Northern Laos, I'm Hoping Cooler Temperatures Prevail, Luang Prabang, Laos
#laos #luangprabang #rainforest #photography #fotografie #fotographie #fotografia
#bw #bwphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome #jayceecrawford #mastoart #fediart #ayearforart #bipocartists #blackmastodon
I've been reading The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole. Great read, I really enjoyed it!
Here is my #review
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/24bca343-930d-49e1-b641-55b89554d3bd?redirect=true
#rainforest #temperaterainforest #lichen #Mosstodon #review #bookstodon #NaturalHistory #Nature #books
'Emergent Shadows of the Past' (2023) -- Every Gateway Into the Ancient City is Adorned With Blissful Faces of Guardian Spirits, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia
#cambodia #ancientruins #rainforest #photography #fotografie #fotographie #fotografia #temples
#bw #bwphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome #jayceecrawford #mastoart #fediart #ayearforart #bipocartists #blackmastodon
In #PapuaNewGuinea's #rainforest we co-planned & established health services with an #indigenous people protecting their #forest home. In my new @bmj_company Open paper my friends & I at Brighton and Sussex Medical & beyond report how we did it + what we learned.
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/e075946
#planetaryhealth #biodiversity #conservation #publichealth #NTDs #medicine #science #nature #dermatology #malaria #fungal #oceania #newguinea #anthropology #health
Greenpeace Canada filed complaint, claiming that Paper Excellence is ineligible for eco certification due to its links to Indonesian conglomerate -- APP -- with record of #rainforest destruction.
APP lost its sustainability credentials n 2007 "because of substantial, publicly available information that [it] was involved in destructive forestry practices".
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/paper-excellence-greenpeace-fsc-complaint-1.7021203
Researchers say they have discovered high diversity of #Darwin #wasps in a tropical #rainforest in #Brazil, wasps which were previously thought to thrive more in cooler habitats.
#Biology #Insects #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/11/bio11082301_0511544421.html
How #war is waged on Brazil's most deforested #Indigenous territory
https://sumauma.com/en/como-se-fez-guerra-na-terra-indigena-mais-desmatada-do-brasil/
> In just thirty-five years, the Apyterewa-Parakanã peoples have seen their #territory invaded, the #forest cut down for illegal mahogany, and the conversion of this area to #pastureland for 60,000 head of #cattle – the on-going expulsion of the #invaders will indicate the fate of the #Amazon
#Conservation #Amazonia #Sustainability #Brasil #land #rainforest #tropicalforest #water #freshwater
crowdfunding a Jaguar corridor in Peru https://give.unityvalues.com/JaguarCorridor?ref=ab_2XHWDVJVAL22XHWDVJVAL2 #WildlifeConservation #jaguar #rainforest
Festive Wildlife in the Rainforest
An in-depth editorial illustration showcasing the magical diversity and core essence of the rainforest in all its festive glory Geng Jianyi brings his signature expressive style and brings this lush terrain to life with vibrant colors and engaging char...
See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/510
#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #editorial #illustration #painting #wildlife #rainforest #diversity #color #Geng-Jianyi
"Dark Corners' (2023) -- the Glorious and Stately Ruins of Angkor Wat Delight the Mind and Intrigue the Soul, Ta Prohm, Siem Reap, Cambodia
#cambodia #ancientruins #rainforest #photography #fotografie #fotographie #fotografia #temples
#bw #bwphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome #jayceecrawford #mastoart #fediart #ayearforart #bipocartists #blackmastodon
It's raining in the rainforest and the Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is happy!
#frog #toad #wildlife #photography #rainforest #WildlifePhotography #VancouverIslandWildlife
Making extreme climate events: "Everything is parched. The vegetation crunches underfoot. "The tropical rainforest is very close to the point of no return."
"The beef industry is the biggest driver of Amazon deforestation. Nothing else comes close. Land-grabbers use cows as occupying armies to strengthen their claims on stolen and cleared forest. This has become one of the world’s most heinous climate crimes."
"The Amazon cannot endure unless cows are replaced by trees, dust by plants, and smoke by rain."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/aggressive-deforestation-has-led-to-one-of-the-amazons-worst-droughts
#Australia #Amazon #cattle #meat #deforestation #NSWLogging #TropicalForest #rainforest #drought #ClimateExtremes #BiodiversityCrisis
"Carlos Nobre, one of #Brazil’s most influential #climatologists, confirmed to me that cattle farm deforestation is contributing – along with the primary causes of El Niño and Atlantic warming – to this year’s devastating dry season. The danger, he warned, is that such extreme #climate events will, within two decades, push the #Amazon to a critical point, after which the region will desiccate and be unable to maintain itself as a tropical #rainforest."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/aggressive-deforestation-has-led-to-one-of-the-amazons-worst-droughts
#ClimateEmergency
A game-changer: the 9,000 acre project reclaiming the #Fens for nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/04/a-game-changer-the-9000-acre-project-reclaiming-the-fens-for-nature
"The #GreatFen scheme in #Cambridgeshire will attract rare #wildlife and play a vital role in restoring the UK equivalent of the #rainforest – and it has just taken a great step forward... Mosaics of #pools, #streams and #WaterMeadows will take over fields... Part of the project will be to trial new #farming systems that will not lead to #peat loss and associated rises in #carbon #emissions."
Citibank and Bank of America: Drop JBS Foods! #Amazon #environment #rainforest #deforestation #AnimalAgriculture #meat #JBS #bank https://act.ran.org/page/56955/petition/1
#FungiFriday - Some of the beauties found in the rainforest on Vancouver Island.
“Salt Lake City-based Parker-Migliorini International [PMI Foods] has been a major beneficiary of the beef trade between Brazil and China.”
"Brazilian cattle industry is a major driver of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. [This] little-known American company is among the key suppliers and distributors feeding China’s hunger for beef – and the Amazon deforestation that it fuels.”
As the old Scandinavian saying goes, there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. Remember to get outside even if it’s raining and soggy. There will be less people too. Nature is always beautiful.
#ThickTrunkThursday #pnw #rainforest #oregon
#Deforestation has big impact on regional #temperatures, study of #BrazilianAmazon shows | #Amazon #rainforest | The Guardian
#Environment #Ecology #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Brazil #Amazon #Conservation
"In #TheAmazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water..
Public authorities in #Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation."
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-brazil-rainforest-drought-humanitarian-aid-ea5087979c84d4480bfaa7380f48f655
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#rainforest #ClimateChange #drought
"‘Without water, there is no life’: #Drought in Brazil’s Amazon..
Communities dependent on the Amazon #rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food, or filtered water..
extreme drought sweeping across #TheAmazon. The historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024..
#GlobalWarming, driven by the burning of #FossilFuels, is the backdrop"
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-drought-environment-climate-rivers-4152b5e288e1b85abc4e5d4af64db67d
Gut gefallen hat mir:
▶️ Für Kinder: #VernusstNochmal, eine liebenswürdige Alternative zum Memory mit toller Mechanik
▶️ Für alle: #Rainforest, ein buntes Sammel-, Kombinationsspiel ("#Schakra nicht nur für Frauen")
▶️ Zur Entspannung: #WheelsVsDoors, eine kurze Schätzfragenvariante von #TrivialPursuit , optional mit Gruppendynamik
#Brettspiele
Cc @gerritbeine
The effects of drought in #Amazonas state.
The #Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century this week as a severe #drought continues to upend life in the Brazilian #rainforest.
In the photo 👇 a man riding a motorcycle in Tefe Lake, which was affected by the drought of the Solimoes river (Name given to the upper stretches of the Amazon River)
The cheeky colourful Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher lives in #PapuaNewGuinea and #WestPapua #rainforest, endangered from #palmoil #deforestation. Boycott the brands destroying their home #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/31/bougainville-moustached-kingfisher-actenoides-bougainvillei/ via @palmoildetectives
Conservationists are racing to protect rare flora, fauna and funga clinging to survival in the UK's last temperate rainforests.
These lush, humid woodlands, mostly along the UK's western coasts, are home to weird and wonderful lichens not found anywhere else on Earth.
#rainforest #lichen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66989115
Polluted, violent and ablaze: the real Brazilian rainforest – in pictures
Two girls stand amid the aftermath of a murder in Manaus, Brazil
We tend to idealise the Amazon as the lush, green ‘lungs of our planet’ – but Tommaso Protti’s photographs reveal a darker side of deforestation, disease and crime
#Brazil #rainforest #EnvironmentalDisaster #capitalism #GlobalBoiling #environment
Laser Mapping Reveals Hidden Structures In Amazon—With Hints At Thousands More [LiDAR / remote sensing]
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https://www.science.org/content/article/laser-mapping-reveals-hidden-structures-in-amazon-hints-thousands-more <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #LiDAR #remotesensing #archaeology #indigenous #firstnation #amazon #rainforest #southamerica #centralamerica #model #modeling #infrastructure #culture #earthworks #ruins #domestication #vegetation #preColumbian #amazonia
The water level at a major river port in #Brazil ’s #Amazon #rainforest has hit its lowest point in at least 121 years, as a historic #drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.
Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon river have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote jungle villages, while high water temperatures are suspected of killing more than 100 endangered river dolphins.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/16/amazon-drought-manaus-lowest-water-level
Excited for this one!!
"Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo’s inspiring book digs into thousands of years of oral history, uproots centuries of conquest, hacks away at many of the prevailing racist notions the Western world has when it considers the lives of Indigenous peoples, and ultimately reveals a life story as rich, as harsh, and as vital as the Amazon rainforest herself."
from amazonfrontlines dot org
#amazon #waorani #indigenous #southAmerica #books #Ecuador #rainforest #nemontenenquimo
Nice Hilo downpour this afternoon. So relaxing and cleansing. And so nap inducing. #rainforest #rain #hawaii
“The forests of Skye and Raasay are set in a stirring landscape of jagged mountains, deeply indented sea lochs and gentle coastal fringes. They have trails for all energy levels, fabulous views and some of the islands' best places to see wildlife.”
Brodie is hardly wildlife. He’s wearing a navy blue quilted Barbour coat with a tartan lining and a corduroy collar.
The South American #monsoon, which determines the #climate of much of the continent, might be pushed towards a “critical destabilisation point”, finds new study with PIK scientist Niklas Boers. This could put the #Amazon #rainforest at risk of large-scale dieback, which would in turn lead to substantial additional global warming due to additional release of greenhouse gases from the degrading trees.
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-destabilizing-link-amazon-rainforest-degradation-and-deforestation-endanger-the-south-american-monsoon-1?set_language=en
"Previous studies have suggested a #TippingPoint could be reached when 20% to 30% of the Amazon is cleared, though there is considerable uncertainty about exactly where the point might be. Currently, between 17% and 26% of the #rainforest has been destroyed and at least that has been degraded."
Deforestation in Brazil has slowed considerably under Lula. But it needs to be stopped completely. You can help that, by eating less meat.
Good morning, #mastoart #mastophoto
This is #thicktrunktuesday #tree #fotografie #photography
#sherbrookeforest #mountdandenong #melbourne #naarm
#roentare
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#potd
#foundart
#ayearforart
#photooftheday
#pictureoftheday
#nature
#rainforest
#treesofmastodon
#naturephotography
Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought affecting thousands
The #Amazon #rainforest in #Brazil is in the grips of a severe #drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, limiting their access to #food, drinking #water and other supplies.
Water levels have already dropped, and dead fish now float atop some of the rainforest’s winding rivers.
A two-decade-old experiment in the tropical rainforest of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, is beginning to reveal that human-assisted restoration of logged forests can increase the speed of an ecosystem’s recovery.
The researchers also found that planting a diverse suite of seedlings, instead of only one species, led in just one decade to greater biomass and forest complexity.
By Jeremy Hance
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/forest-restoration-can-fare-better-with-human-helping-hand-study-shows/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Forests #Rainforest #Ecosystem
Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report
"#Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness.
At least 177 people were killed last year for defending the environment, according to new figures, with a fifth of killings taking place in the Amazon #rainforest.
Murdered by organised crime groups and land invaders, environmental defenders were killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022, figures from the NGO Global Witness show. Colombia was the most deadly country, recording 60 murders.
#Indigenous communities were disproportionately represented in the figures, making up 34% of all murders, despite representing about 5% of the world’s population. The new figures mean that at least 1,910 environmental defenders have been killed between 2012 and 2022, according to Global Witness, with most of the murders going unpunished.
#Brazil, #Mexico, #Honduras and the #Philippines were the most deadly countries in 2022 after Colombia.
Almost 90% of all killings were recorded in Latin America."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/environmental-activists-killed-at-a-rate-of-one-every-other-day-in-2022-global-witness-report-aoe
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Protest #Antireport #Repression
A bench within a Welsh temperate #rainforest
Temperature rainforest rarer than tropical #rainforest & it’s fragmented, dotted around Wales, & the U.K. - @CoedCadw
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/temperate-rainforest/
#CelticRainforest #AncientWoodland at Seren Retreat in the #Gower
🔊sound on
Temperature rainforest rarer than tropical #rainforest & it’s fragmented, dotted around Wales, & the U.K. - @CoedCadw
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/temperate-rainforest/
#CelticRainforest #AncientWoodland at Seren Retreat in the #Gower
Guy Shrubsole’s ‘Lost Rainforests of Britain’ https://lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2022/10/21/new-maps-reveal-britains-lost-rainforests/
The #SequatchieRiver is a 120 mi river that starts on the #CumberlandPlateau at this #cave and flows all the way to my house! This river is responsible for the waterways of #Tennessee s #rainforest and serve the people, plants, and animals that make up our great #biodiversity.
Dye traces have shown that this cave system is fed by North America's largest #sinkhole. Walled on every side, #GrassyCove has valley walls 3k feet high all draining through the #MillCave on #BradyMountain 4/n
Quiet morning by the pond.
#LandscapePhotography #rainforest #pond #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #photography
Awesome day exploring the #plateau next to #Tennessee s #rainforest
Started off by visiting Cumberland Mountain State Park site of the seven arches bridge and the Cumberland Homesteads Projects of the New Deal era.
This bridge was constructed by men of the Civilian Conservation Corps circa 1935.
This and other projects would see 250 families settled onto the Cumberland Plateau during the height of the Great Depression 1/n
Beautifully illustrated but devastating piece on the transition of the #Amazon rainforest from carbon sink to carbon emitter from @nature
#ClimateChange #Carbon #CarbonSink #CarbonSource #Tropical forest #Rainforest #ClimateDiary
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-02599-1/index.html
@lishaberzins I found two cool species in our #wetland today! Wait no three!
Autumn Olive, Heartleaf Peppervine, and Passionfruit! I live in a #rainforest in #Tennessee
#art #history: river phoenix was born #otd in 1970 & i celebrate his short (but impactful) life by trying to transfer his essence in lines & colour. his prescience was staggering.
i know he'd still be the most badarse plant-eater on earth if he hadn't tangoed with the medicine he used to numb himself to the pain of this world - but at least the costa rican rainforest he bought with his hollywood money is protected still.
#riverPhoenix #vegan #film #rainforest #portrait #cinema #costaRica
#Bloomscrolling #Tennessee s #Rainforest
Pyweed was covered in #Monarchs and the #GreatBlueLobelia is out where the #Fawns play.
Raindrop in the rainforest on Vancouver Island, #BritishColumbia
#Mosstodon #rainforest #nature #raindrops #NaturePhotography
Scientists are baffled after a 10-ton #whale was discovered in the #Amazon #rainforest
A 36-foot-long baby whale was found inland, in a mangrove, more than 50 feet from shore in Brazil -- far from where it should be. A mystery.
For #FernFriday and #ForestFriday here's a nurse log with moss and ferns in the Quinault rainforest on the Olympic peninsula of Washington state, photographed during our PNW road trip in September/October 2022.
I compiled all the different forest impressions we had into a blog post: https://www.alex-kunz.com/nine-forests-ten-photos/
#Forest #NaturePhotography #Rainforest #Washington #OlympicPeninsula #PacificNorthWest #PNW #Fern #ForestPhotography #Mosstodon
Just got back from a weekend of backpack camping in the rainforest. We got there the first day, stopped to make food before hiking in, and I immediately got stung/bit on my ankle by something. Then my stupid ass decided to hike 6 miles farther from civilization on it.
It was a beautiful hike, and my ankle was about 30% larger by the time we stopped to make camp by the river.
We tried a few dehydrated meals. The Pad Thai was gross, but the chicken dumplings were pretty awesome.
No bears, but we did see a pine marten (?) catch a rat on the trail ahead of us, a grouse of some sort, a few adorable little red/brown squirrels, tiny deer tracks, elk poop, deer poop, bear poop (just outside our tent area), and a lot of other birds. We passed a couple hiking out who said they saw a lynx a little earlier, but it was long gone by the time we got there.
My phone's camera doesn't do the trip justice, but I thought I'd share. I'll attach a few more photos I took for #Mosstodon (just because that hashtag amuses me and I thought of it when I saw all the moss in the rainforest).
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These Papuan singers are coming home from a journey. Their voices are absolutely mesmerizing. I wish I could listen to them sing for hours.
Papua is a province of Indonesia, not the well-known Papua New Guinea (though they share a border). It houses 312 tribes who speak over 1,000 languages.
More on Papua:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_(province)
(Credit: Drew Binsky)
#Papua #Indonesia #Tribe #Indigenous #Singing #Culture #Anthropology #Rainforest
Farmers in eastern Tanzania are regrowing rainforest trees on part of their land.
The farmers receive payments from the sale of carbon credits to supplement their incomes and to compensate them for loss of land and cash crops.
So far, close to 270,000 trees have been planted on 200 hectares (494 acres) of farms located on the flanks of the Nguru Mountains.
by Ryan Truscott
#Amazon in the firetrap: #Fire can be a decisive factor for a potential tipping of the Amazon #rainforest, as it is capable of locking large parts of the Amazon in a treeless state. New PIK study with Markus Drueke, @W_Lucht , Boris Sakschewski et al.
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/amazon-in-the-firetrap-deforestation-and-warming-lock-rainforest-in-dry-and-damaged-grassland-state
Not enough. #Brazil has an army (1.5 million soldiers, including reservists). #Lula should send them in to remove the illegal loggers and liquidate them if necessary. If the #Amazon #rainforest hasn't reached the point of no return yet, it very soon will and there will be global ramifications. The #UN should authorise such a move. #Climate #Biodiversity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/brazil-amazon-deforestation-lula
Been a long time since I did an #introduction post.
I'm a #Christian #Agorist who works in #infosec and lives in a #tinyhouse I drive an #electricvehicle and ride an #electricbike I teach #Reformed theology and am a #Father to 3. We also raise a few #pig #goat #chicken on our #homestead in #Tennessee only #TropicalRainforest
Yep, TN has a #rainforest ! And just 20m from #Chattanooga
Catastrophic #climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns | #LiveScience
"According to the research, more than a fifth of the world's potentially catastrophic #TippingPoints — such as the melting of the #Arctic #permafrost, the collapse of the #Greenland ice sheet and the sudden transformation of the #Amazon #rainforest into savanna — could occur as soon as 2038.
In climatology, a tipping point is the threshold beyond which a localized climate system, or tipping element, irreversibly changes. For instance, if the Greenland ice sheet were to collapse, it would also reduce snowfall in the northern part of the island, making large parts of the sheet irretrievable."